Alert archive / South Carolina / Lake Wind Advisories in 2020
Lake Wind Advisory 21, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Sep 20, 2020, 5:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; 17 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Sep 20, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2020, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 22 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
534 WWUS72 KCAE 202125 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Columbia SC 525 PM EDT Sun Sep 20 2020 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-115-116- 210530- /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0021.200921T0000Z-200921T1500Z/ Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-McCormick- Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland- Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg- Northern Lancaster-Southern Lancaster- Including the cities of Lincolnton, Thomson, Martinez, Evans, Augusta, Hephzibah, Waynesboro, Cheraw, Pageland, Mccormick, Newberry, Winnsboro, Winnsboro Mills, Camden, Lugoff, Edgefield, Johnston, Saluda, Ridge Spring, Seven Oaks, West Columbia, Cayce, Lexington, Red Bank, Oak Grove, Columbia, Bishopville, Aiken, North Augusta, Sumter, Barnwell, Williston, Blackville, Orangeburg, Brookdale, St. Matthews, Manning, Summerton, Bamberg, Denmark, Indian Land, Lancaster, Elgin, and Lancaster Mill 525 PM EDT Sun Sep 20 2020 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a Lake Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 11 AM EDT Monday. * WINDS...Northeast 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. * TIMING...This evening through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Lake Wind Advisory indicates that winds will cause rough chop on area lakes. Small boats will be especially prone to capsizing. && $$
1 follow-up statement
771 WWUS72 KCAE 210524 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Columbia SC 124 AM EDT Mon Sep 21 2020 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-115-116- 211500- /O.CON.KCAE.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-200921T1500Z/ Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-McCormick- Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland- Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg- Northern Lancaster-Southern Lancaster- Including the cities of Lincolnton, Thomson, Martinez, Evans, Augusta, Hephzibah, Waynesboro, Cheraw, Pageland, Mccormick, Newberry, Winnsboro, Winnsboro Mills, Camden, Lugoff, Edgefield, Johnston, Saluda, Ridge Spring, Seven Oaks, West Columbia, Cayce, Lexington, Red Bank, Oak Grove, Columbia, Bishopville, Aiken, North Augusta, Sumter, Barnwell, Williston, Blackville, Orangeburg, Brookdale, St. Matthews, Manning, Summerton, Bamberg, Denmark, Indian Land, Lancaster, Elgin, and Lancaster Mill 124 AM EDT Mon Sep 21 2020 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WINDS...Northeast 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. * TIMING...Overnight and this morning. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Lake Wind Advisory indicates that winds will cause rough chop on area lakes. Small boats will be especially prone to capsizing. && $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.